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Psalms 118

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Part of Book V📖 Psalms introduction

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1Oh, give thanks to the Lord, for He is good! For His mercy endures forever. ✦ 2Let Israel now say, “His mercy endures forever.” ✦ 3Let the house of Aaron now say, “His mercy endures forever.” ✦ 4Let those who fear the Lord now say, “His mercy endures forever.” ✦ 5I called on the Lord in distress; The Lord answered me and set me in a broad place. ✦ 6The Lord is on my side; I will not fear. What can man do to me? ✦ 7The Lord is for me among those who help me; Therefore I shall see my desire on those who hate me. ✦ 8It is better to trust in the Lord Than to put confidence in man. ✦ 9It is better to trust in the Lord Than to put confidence in princes. ✦ 10All nations surrounded me, But in the name of the Lord I will destroy them. ✦ 11They surrounded me, Yes, they surrounded me; But in the name of the Lord I will destroy them. ✦ 12They surrounded me like bees; They were quenched like a fire of thorns; For in the name of the Lord I will destroy them. ✦ 13You pushed me violently, that I might fall, But the Lord helped me. ✦ 14The Lord is my strength and song, And He has become my salvation. ✦ 15The voice of rejoicing and salvation Is in the tents of the righteous; The right hand of the Lord does valiantly. ✦ 16The right hand of the Lord is exalted; The right hand of the Lord does valiantly. ✦ 17I shall not die, but live, And declare the works of the Lord. ✦ 18The Lord has chastened me severely, But He has not given me over to death. ✦ 19Open to me the gates of righteousness; I will go through them, And I will praise the Lord. ✦ 20This is the gate of the Lord, Through which the righteous shall enter. ✦ 21I will praise You, For You have answered me, And have become my salvation. ✦ 22The stone which the builders rejected Has become the chief cornerstone. ✦ 23This was the Lord’s doing; It is marvelous in our eyes. ✦ 24This is the day the Lord has made; We will rejoice and be glad in it. ✦ 25Save now, I pray, O Lord; O Lord, I pray, send now prosperity. ✦ 26Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord! We have blessed you from the house of the Lord. ✦ 27God is the Lord, And He has given us light; Bind the sacrifice with cords to the horns of the altar. ✦ 28You are my God, and I will praise You; You are my God, I will exalt You. ✦ 29Oh, give thanks to the Lord, for He is good! For His mercy endures forever. ✦

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Scripture taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved.

Where this chapter connects

Ps 18 ·6Exod 15 ·5Ps 40 ·4Ps 107 ·41 Pet 2 ·4Ps 22 ·4Ps 56 ·4Mic 7 ·4

Christ at the center

The Psalms are Christ's own prayer book and a gallery of his portraits — the suffering one of Psalm 22, the risen Lord of Psalm 16, the priest-king of Psalm 110, the Son to whom the nations are given.

How Psalms 118 points to him is part of the one story that runs through all Scripture — meet Jesus at the heart of the web, or follow a trail that traces him from Genesis to Revelation.

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